The Press., 1887-09-22

IT seems that the English people are counting on the success of the Thistle be- cause of her light but strong silken sails, which catch and make most of the Eghtest breeze. So that if the Thistle wins it will not be triumph of British ship makers, but of British sail makers. The parties who made the cloth for the Thistle's sails have periodically refused to let any of the same fabric get into market where it might be utilized by or for Yankee boats.
 THE comparatively few people who would turn Chicago's condemned anarchists loose to commit or incite the commission of more murders, and assaults upon government, are making more noise than are the mil lions of people who want to see such retri- butive justico as will make such airoci- ties unlikely in the future. But the deep undercurrent of feeling is being felt, and will no doubt bear stronger influence than the clamor of maudlin sympathy.
 THE men who sympathize with the bru- tal anarchists who are likely to meet mer. tied punishment in Chicago in November are themselves unfit to live under a repub lican form of government. No govern ment is suited to their control save an un limited imperial power. The crime ol murdering officers of the law in the dis charge of their sworn duty is one which the government, in justice to the mer whom it employs in the hard duty of pro tecting society, can meet in DO other way except by melting ont the strictest justice and in this instance justice is just what th' anarchists are much afraid of.
 | At Golconda, Ill.,, one evening recently while cutting weeds on the hillside neal his residence, with a long scythe, Judge W. P. Sloan unwittingly sliced off tho head of twenty eight inch rattlesnake The manner of the blow flung the hcadless body of the snake into the air, and it alighted on tho judges neck, about which it cOiled with a conv1ls;ve grasp, at the same time keeping mp it's ominous rattle A colored hand ran to the spot and disen. gagged the l0athsOme reptile and assisted Judge Sloan to the house, where it was some time before he could convince him self that the blood which was smeared On his face from the body of the snake, was not the result of wound. The snake was monster for that section of the country, and had nine rattles.
 One of the most pathetic incidents of the Exeter theatre fire was the rescue of q woman, who was carried out of the furnace of flame upon the back of brave man. He was with his wife at the play when the fire broke out and succeeded in dragging her part way to the door where she fell There was an instant of despair and bewil. derment and then he snatched q cover ing form from the dense crowd and strug. gled through the smoke and darkness to reach the street with shrieking woman on his back. At last he was out of danger and breathlessly lowered his burden. Alas it was not his wife. In the confusion and darkness he had rescued stranger and left his wife to be trampled to death in the Hobbies of the theatre.
 Meerschaum pipes, silks, velvets and other dutiable articles were found Tues. day at New York in the bustles of female passengers on the steamers Trave, City oi Chester and Rhineland. The women in. spectors lately appointed are making many seizures of this kind. The hustle seems to be the favorite hiding place for goods brought over by female smugglers.
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